Edwards III gets 7-40 years in prison for drugs

A man found guilty of five drug charges in an April methamphetamine bust was sentenced to prison Tuesday in Cheboygan County 53rd Circuit Court.

Kortny Hahn Staff Writer, @khahnCDT @khahnCDT

A man found guilty of five drug charges in an April methamphetamine bust was sentenced to prison Tuesday in Cheboygan County 53rd Circuit Court.
Sidney Edwards III, 34, will spend from seven to 40 years with the Michigan Department of Corrections, ruled Judge Scott Pavlich. Edwards will receive credit for 144 days served in the Cheboygan County Jail.
Edwards was found guilty on charges that he manufactured methamphetamine. The jury deliberated less than three hours before concluding its decision in a two-day trial. He was acquitted on seven charges of maintaining drug labs.
“What a shame,” Pavlich noted during the court proceeding. “I hope the message to the public is that if you manufacture methamphetamine there is a very good chance you will be caught and will go to prison.”
The Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement team, also known as SANE, arrested Edwards April 4 after executing search warrants at a home in Benton Township.
SANE agents arrested Edwards after seizing components and chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, hazardous waste from manufacturing meth, drug paraphernalia and cash.